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Speaker 2: mark for ancis A happy forty fourth birthday to Meghan,
Speaker 2: Duchess of Sussex. Prince Harry is expected to do something
Speaker 2: extra special to mark the day. Grant Harold, who worked
Speaker 2: for King Charles between two thousand and four and twenty
Speaker 2: eleven and new Harry during that time, told Hart Pingo,
Speaker 2: he's quite generous. I think you'll go down the route
Speaker 2: of buying her jewelry or taking her away on holiday.
Speaker 2: I'm sure it will be something extra special. The royal
Speaker 2: family are famous for quirky, fun presence, so who knows.
Speaker 2: Maybe he might get her a piece of land on
Speaker 2: the moon, or he might get her title as a
Speaker 2: bit of a joke, something a little bit quirky, a
Speaker 2: little bit fun. As for public recognition, the royal family
Speaker 2: is not expected to officially mark Meghan's birthday on this
Speaker 2: social media channels, as they typically reserve such acknowledgments for
Speaker 2: working royals or milestone occasions. Still, Herald expects these Sussexes
Speaker 2: to highlight the day in their own way. They will
Speaker 2: try to make people aware it's her birthday. Because it's
Speaker 2: nice to get birthday wishes, and everyone deserves birthday wishes,
Speaker 2: he said. The Duchess of Sussex's lifestyle brand is said
Speaker 2: to appear in two new Netflix House retail locations, one
Speaker 2: in Philadelphia's King of Prussia Mall, the other in Dallas's Galleria.
Speaker 2: While fans may be thrilled to see some of her
Speaker 2: twenty seven dollarish products back on the shelves, critics have
Speaker 2: pointed out that the store workers selling those goods could
Speaker 2: be earning less per hour than the items themselves. Netflix
Speaker 2: House's advertising roles starting at about twenty dollars, prompting questions
Speaker 2: about how much the Duchess is profiting while frontline employees
Speaker 2: are earning comparatively modest wages. Megan appears to have quietly
Speaker 2: shelved to get another side project, as her curated shopping
Speaker 2: page on shop Mai has gone without an update for
Speaker 2: over ten weeks. Meghan launched the account earlier this year
Speaker 2: as a way to share her favorite beauty, fashion and
Speaker 2: lifestyle products, personally recommending items like a two hundred and
Speaker 2: fifty dollars straw panama hat from Rag and Bone and
Speaker 2: a one hundred five dollars a line skirt from Blues Owl. Initially,
Speaker 2: posts came almost weekly, offering fans a peeking to her
Speaker 2: closet and consumer tastes, but after a flurry of activity,
Speaker 2: the uploads stopped, with her last post now more than
Speaker 2: two months old. In a new interview with Yahoo Lifestyle,
Speaker 2: Australian Martha Stewart commented on the comparisons being made between herself,
Speaker 2: Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan, remarking, Meghan, I don't really know
Speaker 2: very well and I hope she knows what she's talking about. Authenticity,
Speaker 2: to me is everything, and to be authentic and knowledgeable
Speaker 2: about your subject matter is extremely important. Sophie, Duchess of
Speaker 2: Edinburgh's reportedly quite content with one particular perk of her
Speaker 2: recent title upgrade. No longer needing to Curtsey to Meghan Markel.
Speaker 2: After years as the Countess of Wessex Aunt, Sophie elevated
Speaker 2: to Duchess of Edinburgh, a move that has reshuffled the
Speaker 2: royal packing order. According to Hello magazine, the secret weapon
Speaker 2: is said to be relieved by one aspect, in particular
Speaker 2: her days of dipping to Meghan and now behind her.
Speaker 2: A friend of the Duchess told reporters she no longer
Speaker 2: has to curtsey to someone in the family who has
Speaker 2: not only left royal duties, but has spent the past
Speaker 2: three years criticizing the institution that Sophie works so hard
Speaker 2: to support. Until recently, Meghan's marriage to Prince Harry placed
Speaker 2: her above Sophie in precedence. Despite the Sussexes stepping back
Speaker 2: from official duties in twenty twenty, that hierarchy meant Sophie
Speaker 2: still a working royal was expected to curtsey when encountering
Speaker 2: Meghan at formal occasions. Sarah Ferguson is back in the
Speaker 2: business game, this time swapping Pallace engagements for parenting essentials
Speaker 2: as she ventures into the baby care market. Fergie told
Speaker 2: the Male I created an eco friendly nappy. I think
Speaker 2: it's very exciting being a grandmother because the more grandchildren
Speaker 2: I have, the more urgency there is for compostible diapers. Meanwhile,
Speaker 2: King Charles is bringing his signature countryside style to the
Speaker 2: canine world with a launch of fifty eight dollar tweed
Speaker 2: dog coats, now available through the Sandringham Estate Shop. Dubbed
Speaker 2: the Happy Hound Coat, the item is crafted in Sandringham
Speaker 2: Royal tweed and lined with sherper fleece for warmth. It
Speaker 2: features a brown collar and Belton comes in a small
Speaker 2: medium in large size, designed according to the shop's description
Speaker 2: for frosty winter walks and elegant parkland outings. A notice
Speaker 2: in the shop reads, Sandringham's loyal and trusted doggy visitors
Speaker 2: to the Royal Parkland have been the inspiration for this collection.
Speaker 2: The coats are handmade in the UK and marketed as stylish,
Speaker 2: water resistant and machine washable. Known for his lifelong affection
Speaker 2: for tweed, the King has worn one of his favorite
Speaker 2: Herringbude coats since nineteen eighty six. Men died over the years,
Speaker 2: but still regularly seen on Christmas mornings Sandringham. Now, thanks
Speaker 2: to this latest offering, royal dogs can match their monarch
Speaker 2: in sartorial splendor, and even Martha Stewart can agree the
Speaker 2: King is being authentic more palace in just a moment.
Speaker 2: A dramatic museum heist in Paris has led to a
Speaker 2: three million pound insurance payout to the Royal Collection Trust
Speaker 2: after two royal treasures were stolen during a brazen daylight
Speaker 2: robbery last November. The items both eighteenth century snuff boxes
Speaker 2: of exceptional value had been a loan to cognact Jay
Speaker 2: Museum as part of an exhibition on luxury miniatures. One
Speaker 2: of the stolen pieces, a fabric royal snuff box entrusted
Speaker 2: with nearly three thousand diamonds, had once belonged to the
Speaker 2: Russian royal family and was acquired by Queen Mary in
Speaker 2: nineteen thirty two. The other featured a cameo of the
Speaker 2: birth of Venus. According to Lemon, the theft was carried
Speaker 2: out by four masked men who arrived on scooters and
Speaker 2: used an axe to smash into the display cases, startling
Speaker 2: visitors who witnessed the raid. The Royal Collections Trust newly
Speaker 2: published account confirms that received three million dollars in for
Speaker 2: the loss, noting the funds will be placed in a
Speaker 2: designated account for the enhancement of the collection. The robbery
Speaker 2: impacted not just British holdings. The Lieure and Versailles also
Speaker 2: had items on display during the same exhibition. Meanwhile, back home,
Speaker 2: the Royal Collection Trust is reporting record breaking attendance figures.
Speaker 2: Buckingham Palace welcomed six hundred and eighty three thousand visitors
Speaker 2: during its summer opening things, in part to the unveiling
Speaker 2: of the renovated east wing. Windsor Castle remained the top drawer,
Speaker 2: attracting only one point four million people. Overall, Royal palaces
Speaker 2: and exhibitions saw two point nine million visitors over the year,
Speaker 2: generating nearly nineteen million pounds in revenue and producing profits
Speaker 2: of almost fourteen million pounds. The Trust has also expanded
Speaker 2: access efforts, offering one pound tickets to those receiving Universal
Speaker 2: Credit and other benefits, nearly twenty thousand of which were
Speaker 2: sold at Windsor and Hollywood House over just four months.
Speaker 2: As the royal family continues to operate with a leaner
Speaker 2: public freezing team under King Charles, speculation is growing about
Speaker 2: whether certain well liked members might eventually step into more
Speaker 2: visible roles, particularly Zara and Mike Tindall. Former royal butler
Speaker 2: Grant Harold, who worked for King Charles when he was
Speaker 2: still the Prince of Wales, believes it's unlikely the Tyndalls
Speaker 2: will take on more royal duties anytime soon. They're not
Speaker 2: currently working royals. Of course, we see them at events
Speaker 2: and supporting the King, we always will, but as for
Speaker 2: increasing their presence, I don't think they will, Harold told
Speaker 2: Prime Casino. He added, I do think Mike is into that.
Speaker 2: The fact that we see them more informally is what
Speaker 2: I think makes them so likable. Zara and Mike are relatable,
Speaker 2: while Charles appears committed to a slim down monarchy. Harold
Speaker 2: left room for the future, suggesting Prince William might take
Speaker 2: a different view once he becomes king. When William was
Speaker 2: king and there is a younger royal family, who knows
Speaker 2: there could be a different story. It's thought he's going
Speaker 2: to keep it small going forward, but you never know.
Speaker 2: One argument for adding more working royals would be that
Speaker 2: the future King himself doesn't appear to like to do
Speaker 2: much work, something Princess sand seems to be increasingly grumbling about.
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